Page 33 of The Love Ambush (The Sullivans #1)
Levi
G entry’s holding back.
I’m fully aware she doesn’t trust half of what I’m saying to her, but I can be patient.
The strength of my feelings for her should scare me. Maybe I shouldn’t trust them. But as she wraps her arms around me and lets me pull her onto my lap, the word that’s playing over and over in my mind is mine . She’s mine, and I’m determined to be hers, no matter how hard she tries to fight it.
And then she deepens the kiss, and all I can think is how much I want her. Why the hell has it taken me so long to get here?
She straddles my lap, and my dick presses insistently against the zipper of my jeans. She must feel it, because she grinds down on me, letting out the sweetest little whimper, and I lose all sense of reason.
I am built for nothing more than pleasing Gentry Lendew.
She presses herself against me, and I slide my hands up her back and unhook her bra in one practiced move. “This okay?”
“Mm-hmm,” she says, still kissing me.
I pull away and look into her eyes, or I try to look into her eyes. It’s too dark to make out many details of her face. “I need more than that, baby. I need to know you’re here with me, that you want me.”
She rolls her hips over me. “I want you, Levi.”
She dives back toward me, aiming for my mouth, but I dodge and hold her in place. “I need to know you won’t regret this in the morning. I never want you to regret anything between us.”
I know she’s not where I am, not yet. I don’t want sex to be her excuse to push me away again.
She huffs. “I know what I’m doing, Levi. I’m not going to regret this.”
“And tomorrow? When we get back to Catalpa Creek? What if I want to be more than your vacation fling?”
She looks at me as though she can make out my features in the dark, or maybe she’s trying as futilely as I am to see.
“I want that, too. I’m just…” She pulls in a deep breath and lets it out slow.
“Yes. I want to be with you when we get back to Catalpa Creek. I want this to be more than a vacation fling. I just don’t know exactly what that looks like yet. ”
As usual, I’m overthinking things. The catastrophizing part of my brain wants a guarantee she can’t give and I shouldn’t ask for.
I pull her back to me and kiss her hard. Memorizing her taste and feel.
Hands in my hair, she gives a little tug that sends a spike of desire straight to my already straining dick. I can’t remember ever wanting anyone as much as I want her.
“I’m going to make sure you never forget this night,” I say.
“It’s already engraved in my memory. You’ve given me one of the best days of my life.”
Pride swells in my chest. “Let’s see if we can make tonight just as memorable.”
I start to get up, expecting her to climb off my lap, but she stays put. “We can’t go back.”
“I thought you wanted to—”
“Oh, I absolutely want to have sex with you, Levi, but if we go back to the house, we’ll have to check in with Josephine and the kids. The kids will want to tell me all the ways you ruined their lives, and it could be hours before we’re alone in our room. Do you want to wait hours?”
I do not want to wait hours, but I only have one blanket and the night is getting colder. What I want is to lay Gentry out on a bed where I can actually see her body and take my time pleasuring her the way she deserves.
“I can hear the wheels turning in your brain,” she says.
“This is life with teenagers. There’s never enough time or space for perfect.
There’s just enough for getting what you need and making the most of the moments you’re lucky enough to get.
Even if we wait until we’re back at the farmhouse, we have to lock the door and be quiet.
This is what being a part of my life will be, Levi, and the sooner—”
I kiss her before she has a chance to argue that I can’t handle her complicated life. Under her jacket and sweater, I push her bra over her breasts and cup them in my hands, rubbing my thumbs over her nipples.
She groans my name, and nothing else matters but making her feel so good she forgets every argument she’s got against us working.
Still kissing her, I ease her off my lap just enough that I can get into a crouch and lift her. Leaving everything behind, I carry her to Brodie’s SUV. She doesn’t complain, but keeps kissing me, wrapping her legs around my waist, her hands in my hair.
Somehow, I dig the keys out of my pocket and hit the button to unlock the doors while still kissing her.
I reach to open the door handle, but Gentry does something with her tongue at the same time she pulls my hair a little, and I drop the keys and forget what I was about to do.
I forget my own fucking name as I press her against the side of the SUV.
Her center is right over my hard cock, and I can’t help grinding against her.
“Yes,” she says against my lips. “Feels so good.”
I could seriously come like this, fully clothed, on the street in downtown Yuletide.
A car honks, and someone whistles, and reality crashes down. I back us away from the SUV. “Baby, you have to get down to get inside.”
She slides down me slow, pressing kisses to every part of my skin she encounters, which isn’t much, since I’m dressed for cold weather. Once she’s on the ground, I grab the keys and open the door.
As I slide in after her, I lock the doors. No one is going to interrupt us this time.
Gentry’s already out of her coat and is pulling her sweater and shirt over her head. Here, the streetlights stream into the car, lighting her up. The cups of her bra are already over her perfect breasts, but she pulls off the bra and tosses it in the far back of the SUV.
I stare. Stunned by her beauty and how damned lucky I am to get to see her like this.
She smiles at me, almost shy. “What are you doing, Levi? Get naked.”
I snap back to reality and pull my shirt off while she slides out of her leggings and boots.
I look up at her as I unzip my jeans and find her eyes on my hand, watching intently as I lower the zipper.
Main street probably isn’t the best place to be flagrantly naked, but we’re in a vehicle with tinted windows, so I take my time taking off my jeans, careful to leave my boxer briefs in place, my dick pulsing with the need to be free as she licks her lips and lets out a tiny whimper.
She blushes, and her gaze shoots up to mine. “It’s been a while. Don’t judge.”
“Oh, believe me, baby. I am not judging. Not even a little.”
She scans my body, her gaze snagging on my pecs and my abs, and I’m more grateful than ever for all the hours I’ve spent in the gym working to create a body that’s strong enough for my day job.
I slide my boxer briefs down just enough to free my cock and grip it hard in one hand. A bit of pre-cum leaks out onto my thumb, and I rub it around the tip. “What do you think?” I ask. “This what you need?”
She stares at my cock like she’s desperate for it. “Uh-huh.”
I push my boxer briefs the rest of the way off and kick them into the darkness. “Want to ride me?”
She throws a leg over my lap, but I stop her before she slides onto me. I drag my forefinger through her folds and rub her wetness around her clit.
She groans. “Levi. I’m so ready. Let’s just do this already.”
“I want to make you feel good first.” In a perfect world, I’d make sure she had at least two orgasms before I slid inside her.
She presses a kiss to my cheek. “I love that you want that, but we’re in a very public place. We don’t have time for perfect.”
“You are perfect.” I grip her hip in one hand and position my cock to enter her… “Ah, shit.” I push her back until she’s sitting on my thighs. “I don’t have a condom. I didn’t even bring any on the trip.” Because never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I’d be here with Gentry like this.
She leans forward and kisses me, slow and sweet. “I’m on the pill, Levi. It’s okay.”